Humanities

The Northfield Mount Hermon humanities program has three dimensions.

The three-dimension approach includes a core program for the first two grade levels, consisting of required interdisciplinary courses that integrate English, history, and religious studies; an elective program offering interdisciplinary courses for upper-level students; and discipline-specific courses. All humanities courses emphasize the mastery and application of critical-thinking skills and effective writing.

In the ninth and tenth grades, students explore the humanities through paired courses that are taught collaboratively by a teacher from each discipline. The teachers coordinate the curriculum to create an interdisciplinary learning experience that transcends the individual classroom. Ninth-grade students take a two-credit interdisciplinary program consisting of Ninth-Grade English and Introduction to Religious Studies. In the sophomore year, students take a two-credit interdisciplinary program consisting of Topics in World History and Religions of the World. This sophomore program is required of new sophomores.